Aggelina Papadopoulou, who acted as the young Maria Callas tells her first meeting with Angelina Jolie

Aggelina Papadopoulou, who acted as the young Maria Callas, went for audition, that was requesting for female singers aged 17 to 22 with brown hair. 

She was surprised when she realized the Angelina Jolie is in the movie and she said this sort of opportunities do not always happen in Greece.

Regarding about meeting with Angelina Jolie for the first time, she said, “I saw her passing by my room, she saw I was inside and came back to talk to me. She hugged me and it was really sweet because in my mind she wasn’t an approachable person, she was a star and a diva like Callas. They have that similarity.”